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TIL in the 1989 season, Deion Sanders became the only person in the history of Earth to score a home run in the MLB in the same week as scoring a touchdown in the NFL. He is also the only person to have ever participated in both a World Series and the Super Bowl.

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ZlGv TIL that Tom Waits was arrested in 1977 outside of a coffee shop in Los Angeles. Waits and a friend were trying to stop some men from bullying other patrons. The men were plainclothes police officers, and Waits and his friend were arrested for disturbing the peace.
epWXn TIL according to Ojibwe folklore, Red Lake in Minnesota was formed after Paul Bunyan was slapped by a native hero in the face with a fish so hard that he fell butt-first to the ground and left an imprint
1aplW TIL After a decompression accident killed four people in 1983, doctors discovered that decompression does not kill from pressure, but that fat in the bloodstream suddenly condenses in veins and immediately stops all blood flow.
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jkXj TIL there was a controversial Seinfeld episode that was never filmed due to its dark subject matter; the cast began rehearsing, but upon learning the script involved Elaine purchasing a handgun, holding it to her head and joking “Where do you want it Jerry? The Kennedy?”, they said it went too far